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Platapus 04-01-10 06:38 PM

Global Warming is not our most critical problem (or why Admirals are paid so much)
 
http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/i...er-and-capsize

Quote:

Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) is afraid that the U.S. Territory of Guam is going to "tip over and capsize" due to overpopulation.

Johnson expressed his worries during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the defense budget Thursday.

Addressing Adm. Robert Willard, who commands the Navy's Pacific Fleet, Johnson made a tippy motion with his hands and said sternly, "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize."

Willard paused and said: "We don't anticipate that."
(facepalm)

How that Admiral could keep a straight face is a tribute to military discipline.

No, Mr. Representative, islands don't tip over. Islands are actually the tippy top of big mountains starting at the bottom of the ocean.

Representative Johnson serves on the House Armed Services Committee...... and he bellieves that islands can capsize if you put too many people on them.

sad. :nope:

Dowly 04-01-10 06:43 PM

Actually, there is floating islands that could, given enough weigth on one side, dip over. :yep:

Platapus 04-01-10 06:46 PM

I am pretty sure Guam ain't one of them. :DL

Dowly 04-01-10 06:48 PM

Yeeeaa... you might be on to something... :DL

Platapus 04-01-10 06:59 PM

Of course them crafty Japanese may have just kept Guam anchored all these years just to fool us.

Ya never can tell about them Japanese. They are insidious that way.

Maybe the whole idea was for us to believe that Guam was a solid island just waiting for the day when "too" many marines get deployed. All the Japanese would have to do is pull the string and <flip>!

And maybe this congresscritter is the only one who knows this?


no, I can't back that up. :nope:

frau kaleun 04-01-10 07:16 PM

Five dollars says this guy's map of the Pacific only goes as far as Hawaii, and after that it's just a big blank space with Here Be Dragons scrawled across it.

Jimbuna 04-01-10 07:22 PM

LOL :DL

Platapus 04-01-10 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1344341)
Five dollars says this guy's map of the Pacific only goes as far as Hawaii, and after that it's just a big blank space with Here Be Dragons scrawled across it.


The Representative claims that he has visited Guam before. I think that someone needs to explain that when he experienced Guam tilting it was probably more to do with what he had to drink than any population density.

What a maroon! :D

Aramike 04-01-10 08:21 PM

That was good for a laugh... :har:

Jimbuna 04-01-10 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 1344378)
The Representative claims that he has visited Guam before. I think that someone needs to explain that when he experienced Guam tilting it was probably more to do with what he had to drink than any population density.

What a maroon! :D

Probably very happy....in his own world :DL

Torvald Von Mansee 04-02-10 05:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 1344287)
http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/i...er-and-capsize

(facepalm)

How that Admiral could keep a straight face is a tribute to military discipline.

No, Mr. Representative, islands don't tip over. Islands are actually the tippy top of big mountains starting at the bottom of the ocean.

Representative Johnson serves on the House Armed Services Committee...... and he bellieves that islands can capsize if you put too many people on them.

sad. :nope:

At least he's not some idiot who's President only because his dad was President.

Dowly 04-02-10 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1344341)
Five dollars says this guy's map of the Pacific only goes as far as Hawaii, and after that it's just a big blank space with Here Be Dragons scrawled across it.

LMAO! :har:

SteamWake 04-02-10 09:20 AM

Did you know that this man suffers from severe health problems from hepatitus B and is as they say 'prone to wandering'.

Weiss Pinguin 04-02-10 10:22 AM

I like how they describe his statement: 'Made a tippy motion with his hand, and said sternly...' :lol:

I wonder how hard everyone else facepalmed afterwards...

Quote:

Originally Posted by frau kaleun (Post 1344341)
Five dollars says this guy's map of the Pacific only goes as far as Hawaii, and after that it's just a big blank space with Here Be Dragons scrawled across it.

Kinda like this guy?
http://cheezcomixed.files.wordpress....0098600228.jpg

Sailor Steve 04-02-10 10:36 AM

I've been to Guam too, and I know for a fact it can tip over! That's why they keep a submarine base there, so they can park the subs underneath whichever part looks low; at least until they can shift the people there to the other side.




What?




It's the second?




Never mind.:oops:


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